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Frank Waller controller

MSHA controller ID: M09759

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
182
Mines on record
2
Years on record
1985–2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
388
citations
100
significant & substantial
$115,643
proposed penalties
$61,706
paid to date
53% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $53,937 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
160
inspections on record
3,108
inspection hours
12.5
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
388 citations across 3,108 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$116K
proposed penalties
$100K
current assessed
$62K
paid to date
$38K
outstanding
384 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2019
1
2016
2
2014
2
2012
2
2011
2
2010
1
2007
2
2006
1
2005
6
2004
5
2003
6
2002
7
2001
13
2000
6
1999
10 (1f)
1998
11
1997
9
1996
12
1995
14
1994
15
1993
13
1992
7
1991
5
1990
11
1989
6
1988
6
1987
2
1986
1
1985
4

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

1 recorded
April 7, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Struck by flying object

2" IRON PIPE CAME LOOSE FROMA UNION JOINT AND THE OTHER END WAS THREADED INTO AN ELBOW AND WHEN IT CAME LOOSE THE PIPE APPROX 4' TO 6' LONG ACTED LIKE A JET PROPULSTON AND THE PIPE ROTATED LIK E A FAN AND IT HIT THE EE IN THE HEAD CAUSING DEATH FROM HEAD TRAUMA. PIPE WAS CONNECTED TO AIR COMPRESSOR.

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